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OSTRANDER: GENEALOGY BY NEWSPAPER©
A Collection of OSTRANDER Family Newspaper Notices

INTRODUCTION -

For some time now my research efforts have been concentrated on the OSTRANDER family genealogy - mainly as it relates to the OSTRANDER family in Northern California. In the process I've managed to collect a good number of newspaper notices (births, marriages, death notices and obituaries, stories, etc.), and I've been wondering to what best purpose I could put this "collection."

I've decided to "publish" the "collection" through this page and, in that fashion, share the information I've gathered with other OSTRANDER family researchers.

While the newspaper sources are mainly from Northern California, the people written about originated from all parts of the United States . . . Ostranders born in New York or Michigan or Colorado, died or married here; they had children and they lived their lives here, as well. So don't let the sources put you off . . . the one family member you've been looking for lo these many years - your "brick wall" - just might be found in the "collection." And the "collection" continues to grow as I do more "looking and finding."

THE "COLLECTION" AND THE "BIG BOOK" -

In 1999, the Ostrander Family Association published its seminal work, "Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660 - 1995," by Emmett and Vinton P. Ostrander (Ostrander, Corliss, Ed., Walsworth Publishing Co., Marceline, MO), and since its publication, my aspiration has been to provide a means to "update" the "Big Book."

It is my hope that the "collection" will help in this endeavor - and, further, that it might also assist OSTRANDER researchers to further their efforts - even if they don't have a copy of the book.

NUMBERING CONVENTION -

When a notice pertains to an individual included in the "Big Book," that notice will be identified by the family member number assigned in the book.

When a notice pertains to the spouse of an Ostrander, that individual will be assigned the family member number of the Ostrander, with a "-s" to indicate "spouse." As an example, the wife of Albert Abell OSTRANDER, below, would be assigned the family member number, 14153-s. This convention will be applied for both husband and wife spouses.

When a notice pertains to an individual who is not included in the "Big Book," but who can be identified as a member of a particular family, I will assign that individual a unique family member number, based on the family member number of the father.

As a hypothetical example, let's take a family from page 531 . . .

14153 ALBERT ABELL OSTRANDER is listed showing a daughter, 14519 Elizabeth Jean. Supposing we have a notice that discovers Albert also had a son, John Benjamin. Since John Benjamin does not have a family member number, I would assign him a number, based on the number of his father . . . in this example, 14153-1. So any notice regarding this John Benjamin Ostrander would be found in the Index, under this number. Any subsequent "find" of additional family members for Albert would be assigned numbers, 14153-2, 14153-3, and so on.

UNCONNECTED OSTRANDER LINES -

When a notice pertains to an OSTRANDER who cannot be identified in the book, that notice will be listed in the Unknown Ostranders Section. Hopefully, these "Unknown" family members can be identified and numbered, and the notices moved to their proper family location.

Last Updated 12-27-2009

OSTRANDER: GENEALOGY BY NEWSPAPER© A Collection of OSTRANDER Family Newspaper Notices

UNCONNECTED OSTRANDER LINES -

OSTRANDER: GENEALOGY BY NEWSPAPER©
A Collection of OSTRANDER Family Newspaper Notices